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  • August 19, 2016

    Purple Ribbon walkers battle through the rain

    Bags of light with the names of warriors past and present tasked with fighting cancer lined the Karonhianónhnha School’s front line Saturday, as community members fought the weather to help a new initiative to support local families.

  • August 1, 2016

    Blast from the Past: Onkwehón:we at the Olympics in Montreal 40 years ago

    The 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics included hundreds of Indigenous dancers as part of the game’s closing ceremony. (Courtesy COJO Montreal 1976)

  • July 19, 2016

    Viewing the barricades of 1990 from the outside

    Soldiers from Kahnawake in 1990 were pulled in two directions between duty and home. (Courtesy Ray Deer) During the summer of 1990 military personnel and veterans played a central role in Kahnawake and Kanesatake.

  • July 13, 2016

    Powwow inquisition part of Canada's shame

    By: Eric Pouliot-Thisdale, The Eastern Door The “inquisition” on traditional dances, songs and rituals of our ancestors mainly touched the western province up until the mid 1950s since most eastern First Nations were than more likely abiding to the Indian Act and the Christian values, being in touch with Europeans for a longer period.

  • July 5, 2016

    Mother, teacher and daughter, all in Kanien’kéha

    Kahontiiosta McComber her boyfriend, son and mother all can communicate in Kanien’kéha. The task now is to ensure it becomes a constant part of their lives within the home and in everyday activities.

  • June 28, 2016

    Vigil marks 10 years since Morrison’s disappearance

    Ten years after Tiffany Morrison went missing, around 100 community members and other supporters gathered to draw attention to a crime that has never been solved.

  • June 20, 2016

    Finding a stable identity through the language

    The latest Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program graduation Wednesday, June 8 at the  207 Longhouse, saw Brooke Rice (second from bottom left), and her classmates end a two-year journey.

  • June 17, 2016

    March for tomorrow to mark Tiffany Morrison’s disappearance

    It’s been 10 years since Tiffany Morrison’s life came to a tragic end. The 24-year-old mother was last seen leaving the Hiraki Bar in LaSalle to take a taxi back to Kahnawake on June 18, 2006.

  • June 14, 2016

    An ageless inspiration rooted in family

    Gail Taylor noticed bit-by-bit that the sound of Kanien’kéha being spoken was decreasing. When her beloved mother passed away, it was time for Taylor to take action and bring the language back.

  • June 8, 2016

    Young, eager and ready for the next challenge

    Skahtehrí:io Goodleaf turns 20 in July and will take his language and culture with him wherever he goes, as he continues his lifelong journey of learning Kanien’kéha and the ways of his people.